Electric-lamp adjuster.



J. SACHS.

ELECTRIC? LAMP ADJUSTER.

APPLIUATION FILED Aim. 17, 1912,

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JOSPH SACHS, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, .ASSIGNOR T0 THE SACHS LABORATO-BIES, INCOBPORATED,OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION 0F CGN-NECTICUT.

ELECTRIC-LAMP ADJUSTER.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Jane t7, t @t 3.

Application tiled April 17, 1912. Serial No. 691,295,

The object of this invention is to provide l for adjusta simple andconvenient means ing the position of an incamlescent lamp i suspended bythe usual drop cord conductor. The `invention is illustrated in the drawings 1n which- Figure 1 shows the adjuster attached to a lamp and in useto hold the lamp in hori zontal position. Fig. Q is a view similar toFig. 1 but with Fig. 3 is a detail view ot' the adjuster.

Bv reference to Fig. 3 it will be seen that i lamp socket and itssupporting cord` the adjuster colnjn'ises a body o havingr 'at one sidespring arfns h-b 'and at another Iside a cord engaging part which. asshown,

is in the forni of a hook c. Preferably the adjuster is shaped uplirom apiece ot insulating material which has a natural spring or resiliency inorder that the arms o-b wiltgive slightlywvhen they are forced onto thesocket.v As illustrated it is the intention that the adjuster shall henormally earried by the socket as shown in Fig. 2 and when it is desiredto adjust the light to a horizontal position the drop c.ord is caughtunder the hook c as shown in Fig. l. The adjuster can be freely turnedabout the socket and thus engage the cord without twisting or kinkingit. it is evidentJ that if it is desired the adjuster can be normallyattached to the cord by causing;r the hook c' to clamp the cord or byproviding, in place SACHS, a citithe adjuster out of use l i l l l l l ll l l l i Ithe lamp vfrom vertical to of the hook c, an aperturedprojection through which the cord is passed. Then when it is desired tochange the position of horizontal the adjuster can be snapped on to thesocket.

The device is extremely simple and inexpensive to make. It is thoroughlypractical and has a decided advantage in that its position on the socketcan bereadily changed. i

In a very large number of cases the lamp is provided with a reiiectorand it will be secu thatl my adjuster is wholly independent ot' therefiector o1 its position, thus making it possible to turn the reflectorabout thc lamp to throw the light in any desired direction Withoutinterfering.r with the action of tlnrzuljuster in any way.

I claim aS my invention:

1. The combination with au incandescent otau adjuster thereforcomprising a fiat body of insulating' material havin;y an aperturetherein adapted to fit closely the socket. an opening into said apertureless'iu width than the diameter ot' the aperture Afoi-urine; springarnis1o permit of passing the socket thcrclwtween. and a cord engagingprojection from the body arranged in the plane of the body. y

2. The herein described article of manufacture comprising,r a flat. bodyof insulating.: material` wml-engaging means and yielding;r socketengaging means formed integ- `fi-ally with the bod)Y plane thereof.

JOSEPH SACHS. lVitnesses:

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